by Paula Barker | Feb 1, 2024 | baby's Hair, Braids, Business, Child's Hair, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Extensions, Hair Salon Business, Hair Styling, Uncategorized
Earlier in my career, I did work on infants and toddlers at hair salons. It was not easy because kids move around a lot. As a young hairstylist, you learned to strategically hold their attention while sneakily doing a haircut. Some kids would not be fooled and...
by Paula Barker | Jan 17, 2024 | Business, Hair Salon Business, Self Image, Uncategorized
It may seem that things are going badly for the start of the new year, but you need to ignore the noise and focus on your work. This Christmas was the quietest I have seen since 2020. It was also the best in terms of being as close to a green Christmas you can get...
by Paula Barker | Dec 7, 2023 | Dreadlocks Repair, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Fails, Hair Repair, Hair Salon Business, Natural Hair, Self Image, Uncategorized
In a previous post titled “How do you appreciate a Teacher”, I highlighted the fact that a stint in Home Economics class in high school (along with some help from my mom) helped me enormously when fixing broken or damaged locs. It is crazy to think that something...
by Paula Barker | Nov 9, 2023 | Business, Dreadlocks Repair, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, Hair Care, Hair Repair, Hair Salon Business, Natural Hair, Troubleshooting, Uncategorized
While I have become experienced in making and maintaining dreadlocks, sometimes the work requires making a judgement call. It is not humanly possible to be able to know what to do in every situation. You will try something and it may or may not work but in the...
by Paula Barker | Oct 13, 2023 | Braids, Business, Coloring Hair, DREADLOCKS/LOCS, fashion, Hair Care, Hair Extensions, Hair Salon Business, Hair Styling, Lifestyle, Natural Hair, Self Image, Troubleshooting, Uncategorized
When you work in the service business, you can often wonder “why do people struggle with delayed gratification”. Delayed gratification or delayed satisfaction is a huge problem for people now more than ever! Having to wait for any time to do anything is a thing of...
by Paula Barker | Aug 25, 2023 | Business, Hair Care, Hair Salon Business, Lifestyle, Self Image, Uncategorized
I took a short trip across the country, and while waiting to access the flight, a Fedex jet went airborne. Recalling the story of its early days, it reminded me of the challenges of starting as a one person company. Now, they did not start as a one person company...
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